http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:33:44 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/30/113721.php#comment-79254 Dirk - You should add a review too. Different viewpoints are good - especially a review from someone who was an avid Doom player. I never really got into the shoot'em up games myself -- so I approached the book more like a business school prof (I was one of those in another life) ]]> 79254@blogcritics.org Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:33:44 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/30/113721.php#comment-79248 I read this book about the same time but didn't dare to put another review on it online. I found it a thrilling ride through the origins of today's gaming industry. While reading I had so many memories of playing Doom and tracing the makings of all sequels (John Carmack's plan files were once my bread and butter). I know it could be all creative imagination, but this book gives you a quite decent background on HOW all those games were done and even the WHY. A must read for any gamer. ]]> 79248@blogcritics.org Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:16:06 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/30/113721.php#comment-77075 Right after posting the review, I started reading an article on developing games in Flash -- and the article cites "The Illustrated History of Electronic Games" from McGraw-Hill, which I added to the list. So there are a number of game histories ]]> 77075@blogcritics.org Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:54:58 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/30/113721.php#comment-76988 Nice review. Another good book on the history of the video game industry from a console perspective is Game Over... by David Scheff. Its mostly about Nintendo but does touch on Atari and other early influences on the industry. ]]> 76988@blogcritics.org Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:31:23 EDT